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The dissolution of [[atheism|atheistic]], [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]] on December 26, 1991 was a watershed moment in terms of the [[leftist|leftism]] and the [[secular left]]. | The dissolution of [[atheism|atheistic]], [[communism|communist]] [[Soviet Union]] on December 26, 1991 was a watershed moment in terms of the [[leftist|leftism]] and the [[secular left]]. | ||
| − | According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref> | + | According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref> The [[collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union]] led to rapid [[desecularization]] in the region of the former Soviet Union]] and was a significant blow to the secular left. |
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== Decline of 21st century leftism in the Western World Anglosphere == | == Decline of 21st century leftism in the Western World Anglosphere == | ||
Revision as of 10:15, November 25, 2017
The dissolution of atheistic, communist Soviet Union on December 26, 1991 was a watershed moment in terms of the leftism and the secular left.
According to the University of Cambridge, historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power."[1] The collapse of atheism in the former Soviet Union led to rapid desecularization in the region of the former Soviet Union]] and was a significant blow to the secular left.
Decline of 21st century leftism in the Western World Anglosphere
Since 2010, there has been a marked decline of leftism in the United States and Britain.[2]
Political conservatism has grown in Australia. John Howard, who became prime minister in 1996, was the first holder of the office to describe himself as a conservative.[3]
References
- ↑ Investigating atheism: Marxism. University of Cambridge (2008). Retrieved on July 17, 2014. “The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.”
- ↑
- The Left is collapsing everywhere, Washington Examiner, February 2017
- The collapse of the political Left, Washington Examiner by Michael Barone, Dec 7, 2016
- America’s Dean of Politics Says Left is Collapsing, 2016
- Despite Thomas Piketty, Voters Reject Economic Redistribution, Townhall, 2014
- Is the political Left collapsing?
- ↑ Graeme Davison et al. eds., The Oxford Companion to Australian History (2nd ed. 2001) p 148